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Ashes or Awakening? India at the Crossroads of World War III
Introduction: Between Karma and Catastrophe. If World War III were to erupt, India would find itself not merely at a political juncture, but at a civilizational crossroads. This is a land where the Mahabharata warned of fratricidal war and where...

Indian Passport Ranking 2025: India Jumps 8 Spots To Rank 77th in Henley Passport Index, Indians Now Get Visa-Free Entry to 59 Countries; Check List of Top 10 Strongest Passports
Mumbai, July 23: The Indian passport has improved its ranking significantly in the Henley Passport Index 2025, jumping eight positions to secure the 77th spot globally. This is the biggest single-year jump for Indian passport holders, who can now...

5 militants killed as rival Kuki-Chin insurgent groups clash in Manipur
At least five militants were killed on Tuesday morning in a violent clash between two rival Kuki-Chin insurgent groups deep inside the forests of Deiveijang village in Manipur's Noney district. Police sources confirmed to India Today that the...

Cornered by design, say Seemanchal Muslims as Bihar SIR unsettles lives | Ground report
Ahead of the Bihar assembly elections scheduled for October-November 2025, reports have surfaced that a large number of 'infiltrators' from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar form part of the voter list. The reports, widely contended to be untrue, have...

Indonesia uncovers maritime drug route in Southeast Asia
JAKARTA – Indonesia is on track to record the largest seizure of drugs by the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) in six years, said the agency’s chief, with confiscation of methamphetamine reaching 3.41 tonnes – with a street value of $590 million –...

SAC Vice Chairman says post-2021 crises have lowered birth rate...
The State Administration Council Vice Chairman, Deputy Prime Minister, Vice-Senior General Soe Win, said that migration must be handled carefully to prevent the loss of human resources and the impact on production capacity. The Chairman of the...

Is the Naga Political Movement Dying from Within or Being Strangled from Without?
Pamreihor Khashimwo Introduction On a damp July 25th, 1997, the Nagas witnessed a historic ceasefire between the Indian government and the NSCN-IM, ending decades of armed conflict. In its aftermath, the Naga movement gained significant strength,...

The system forgot to be reliable
An injured student is taken to National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, where dozens of injured students are being treated. | Focus Bangla The crash of the F-7 aircraft over Dia Bari is not merely a tragic accident; it is the tragic symptom...

13 Examples of Multilateral Organisations
A multilateral organisation is an entity created by three or more countries to address issues of mutual interest that require collective action. These organisations typically operate on a global or regional scale and focus on areas such as...

Bangladesh sees small glimmers of economic hope a year after longtime autocrat ousted in people’s revolt
By the time a student-led protest movement erupted into a full-scale revolution in Bangladesh in July 2024, the country’s economy was already in free fall. Years of rampant corruption, mismanagement and dwindling opportunities for young people –...

More than 40,000 local and oversea jobs created in late April
Myanmar created more than 40,000 local and oversea jobs for citizens in late April, according to the Department of Labour. The total number of local jobs created by the government and the private sector was 24,048— 15,309 in Yangon, 455 in Nay Pyi...

Heidi Kühn’s Azerbaijan Demining Efforts Advocacy
Restoring lands and saving people’s lives – demining minefield after minefield. The greatest challenge Azerbaijan has been facing in order to restore normal life in the Nagorno-Karabakh liberated area is demining.* * Demining, the process of...

Maldives seeks India aid to curb drug-terror link
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day Maldives visit starting Friday will be marked by the strengthening of bilateral security partnership to counter illicit drug trade in the Indian Ocean Region that is fuelling Pakistan-sponsored cross-border...

Conflicts and humanitarian crises create new HIV vulnerabilities
Garnering a standing ovation at IAS 2025, Sameer Sah, from Medical Aid for Palestinians, provided a devastating first-hand account of what’s been happening for nearly two years in Gazan healthcare settings. While the territory has typically had...

China-Linked Scam Centers Targeting More US Victims: Report
Asian scam centers are cheating Americans out of billions of dollars a year while enjoying at least the implicit backing of elements in the Chinese government and the threat posed by the "pig-butchering" fraud gangs is growing, a U.S....

Indian passport sees highest climb on global index. 59 countries now visa-free
The strength of the Indian passport dropped five spots last year. But this year, it has made the largest jump by climbing eight places - from 85th to 77th - according to the Henley Passport Index 2025 that was unveiled on July 22. The report ranks...

Junta Troops Enter TNLA-Controlled Nawnghkio; Battle Shifts and Strategic Uncertainty Rises
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 14 Viewpoint Moemaka, July 15, 2025 Junta Troops Enter TNLA-Controlled Nawnghkio; Battle Shifts and Strategic Uncertainty Rises On the afternoon of July 13, reports emerged that junta forces had begun entering parts...

The No Kings Playbook to Confront Trump’s ‘Authoritarian Breakthrough’
The “No Kings” movement is shifting gears to counter what they’re calling the “authoritarian breakthrough” of Donald Trump’s second presidency. On Wednesday evening, the No Kings movement hosted a video conference call for more than 130,000...

Regime launches counteroffensive against resistance forces in Mogok, Mandalay Region
A Myanmar pro-military social media account claimed that regime forces have launched a counteroffensive on July 13 to re-take control of Mogok Township in Mandalay Region, which was seized by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) on July 23,...

How Martyrs' Day marked Mamata's rallying cry to defeat BJP in Bengal and beyond
Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee, in a powerful address at her party’s flagship Martyrs’ Day rally on July 21 in Kolkata, launched a combative attack on the BJP-led central government, accusing it of orchestrating a “voter deletion”...